Daniel adams bubdett



(Model.)

D. A. BURDETT.

GAN.

No. 368,510. Patented Aug.` 16, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEioE.

CAN.

SPECIFICATION fol-ming part of Leners Patent No. 368,510, dated August16,1897.

Application filed June 22, 1887. Serial No. 242,194. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL ADAMS BUE- DETT, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at the village of Newburg, in the county of Lennox andAddington and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cans on which the top is in theshape of a cone; and the object of my improvement is to provide means oftelling when a certain quantity of liquid, depending upon the size ofthe can, is run into the can. Iattain this object by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 areelevations of two different sides of a common coal-oil can having myimprovement attached. Fig. 3 is a plan of thesame.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

A is the can, with a cone-shaped top, F. On one side of this top ahollow chamber, B, is fastened. This chamber B has an opening in thefront closed by a piece of glass, C. There are also two small holes, D,one at the bottom and the other at the top of B, or one large holethrough D, and when it rises to the height of the mark E, which can beseen through the glass O, the person lilling the can can tell thequantity of liquid in the can, knowing the size of the can. y

I make no claim to the shape of the can, and I am aware that prior to myinvention cans have been made with glass fronts for the purpose oftelling the quantity of liquid in the can. I therefore do not claim suchacombination, broadly; but VhatI do claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the chamber B on the side of the breast of a can withthe glass front C and the openings or opening D D, substantially asdescribed.

DANIEL ADAMS BURDE'IT.

Witnesses:

Z. A. `VAN LEwEN, ALBERT WOOD.

